"Adoptive father, are you all right?" Scorpion Beauty asked anxiously.
Lan Qintian took a long breath and then waved his hand.
"Grandpa, what was that bug just now?" Lan Yaoyao asked, puzzled.
"It's nothing," Lan Qintian said with a shake of his head and a smile, before changing the subject, "Yaoyao, soon you'll be leaving with Sister Xie. Before you go, Grandpa has something for you."
"What is it?" Lan Yaoyao asked curiously.
Lan Qintian held his breath and circulated his energy. Moments later, dazzling green light burst forth from his Dantian, and a chicken egg-sized, emerald bead slowly seeped out from his abdomen.
As soon as the entire green bead left his body, Lan Qintian's face turned pale, and he instantly looked much more haggard.
He lifted the green bead in front of his abdomen and moved it in front of Lan Yaoyao.
Lan Yaoyao's eyes widened as she looked at the green bead in Lan Qintian's hand and asked in amazement, "Grandpa, what is this?"